SearchOption Enumeration
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration <SerializableAttribute> _ <ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _ Public Enumeration SearchOption 'Usage Dim instance As SearchOption
/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ /** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ public enum SearchOption
SerializableAttribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) public enum SearchOption
If you choose AllDirectories in your search and the directory structure contains a link that creates a loop, the search operation enters an infinite loop.
The following code example lists all of the directories and files that begin with the letter "c" in "c:\". In this example, the SearchOption is used to specify not to search all subdirectories.
Imports System Imports System.IO Class App Public Shared Sub Main() ' Specify the directory you want to manipulate. Dim path As String = "c:\\" Dim searchPattern As String = "c*" Dim di As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo(path) Dim directories() As DirectoryInfo = _ di.GetDirectories(searchPattern, SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly) Dim files() As FileInfo = _ di.GetFiles(searchPattern, SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly) Console.WriteLine( _ "Directories that begin with the letter 'c' in {0}", path) Dim dir As DirectoryInfo For Each dir In directories Console.WriteLine( _ "{0,-25} {1,25}", dir.FullName, dir.LastWriteTime) Next dir Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine( _ "Files that begin with the letter 'c' in {0}", path) Dim file As FileInfo For Each file In files Console.WriteLine( _ "{0,-25} {1,25}", file.Name, file.LastWriteTime) Next file End Sub End Class
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.